http://jakeo.org/blog brain_get_contents(jake_olsen); Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:18:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recently, a friend and colleague of mine posted this to Twitter: Which made me think about the consciousness into why people aren't willing to pay for apps on their phones. I think it has been the last n years of the ringtone economy (aka Dollar Store) which has put society in this ... http://jakeo.org/blog/2009/12/02/the-app-economy-will-change-just-not-yet/ I've joined Motorola to help with the service (MOTOBLUR) behind the Cliq. More to come, this is going to be fun. --jake http://jakeo.org/blog/2009/09/26/another-new-gig/ I had to repost this from The Dept. site. Still ripping at 43! ;-) --jake http://jakeo.org/blog/2009/09/05/fat-dan-shralping/ I heard this quote from a programmer once. Seriously. Matt Mullenweg summed it up best from Structure 09: We live in Jeff Bezos’ Amazonian republic. Every engineer is also a DBA. If you don’t understand how the database works, you shouldn’t be programming. You shouldn’t touch a keyboard. Word up. --jake http://jakeo.org/blog/2009/07/21/i-dont-even-know-what-a-database-is/ I am joining Insite as Technical Director. I have had the pleasure of working with Paul Irving (Founder/President) and Kristin Beadle (UX/Design) over the years and have experienced their dedication and professionalism firsthand. This is a good fit that I am excited about. I'll be providing the same devotion I've had in ... http://jakeo.org/blog/2009/06/29/new-gig/ Exclusive, you got it here first! Download here: http://www.zshare.net/audio/5806322443ea098d/ Jackin' for Beats 2009 / Crooked I & Dj Wicked What we're gonna do right here is go back... Way back! Back to when a rapper actually had to have skills, and a real DJ would strive to master his craft to gain ... http://jakeo.org/blog/2009/04/02/jackin-for-beats-2009-crooked-i-dj-wicked/ UPDATE: To cancel FOODday or This Week, email kateleeper@news.oregonian.com, or call Chet Jamison 503-294-4187. Also, this wasn't the ordeal I thought it would be, but hopefully this will help someone. The Oregonian's FOODday is a weekly waste of paper and plastic for most people who receive it. From what I know, it's ... http://jakeo.org/blog/2008/11/21/canceling-foodday-an-experiment-in-eliminating-real-world-spam/ http://jakeo.org/blog/2008/10/21/teethy-smile/ I went off a while ago how I'd never buy an iPhone. I then ate those words. We created an application which is the thing I have been dreaming of since the thought of Urbanverb in 1999. Urbanverb was never built, but Platial was, and so now is Platial Nearby. It's ... http://jakeo.org/blog/2008/07/25/platial-on-the-iphone-nearby/ Manny got a mix on XLR8R. --jake http://jakeo.org/blog/2008/07/11/dj-magneto-talk-about-the-motherland/